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Decision Coaching 2.0: Is enterprise modeling headed for a shakeup?
Here in Silicon Valley it seems like the standard greeting is, “What is your business model?” Entrepreneurs are diligently trying to raise money for new ventures. Young geniuses who barely know how...
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Decision Coaching 3.0: How do you change a culture?
The consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton has published a wonderful collection of articles on culture titled, “Don’t Blame Your Culture: Instead, make the most of it for raising your company’s...
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Transactive Energy: Keystone of a sustainable electric power market
Our electric power systems are going through profound changes. In just 20 years they will have gone from the simple Generation/transmission/distribution/customer model shown on the left to a complex...
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The future of consulting: process or content?
Consultants have debated the process or content issue for as long as I can remember. Some people think you can be a purely process consultant. For instance, you can be a strategy consultant and hop...
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All customers should have access to wholesale electric energy at all times...
In a recent Utility Fortnightly interview Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute said, “We are moving into an era where all ways to make or save energy will get to compete fairly, at honest...
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Our electricity ecosystem needs a new business and regulatory model.
The need for higher efficiency and more renewable resources is driving big changes in our electricity systems. Wind, solar, and distributed generation are replacing central station coal power. Storage...
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Transactive Energy: A Sustainable Business and Regulatory Model for Electricity
Baker Street Publishing is proud to announce the publication of Transactive Energy, our first iBook. The book is available now through the Apple publishing network. The book is designed for the iPad...
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We have our first review of the Transactive Energy iBook.
Gary Ackerman is President of Foothill Services, and a long time observer of the electric energy scene in the western United States, especially California. He publishes a newsletter titled, The...
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Rocky Mountain Institute takes a bold first step. Will they follow up?
The Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) has just released a thoughtful report that discusses the need for increasing rate sophistication for residential and industrial customers. I applaud RMI’s courage...
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Which electricity business and regulatory model do we want? Command and...
A common vision of the smart home of the future is beginning to emerge. See the figure on the left. The home of the future will have solar panels on the roof and it will be both a producer and...
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The Transactive Energy business model is completely scalable.
Transactive Energy (TE) is a business and regulatory model for electricity that is based on four simple ideas: 1) There are two products: energy and transport. 2) Forward transactions are used to...
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